Arabic root

ص-ح-ف

4 words from this root family

A2noun

صَحَفيّ

ṣaḥafiyy

Example

الصَحَفيّ يَكْتُب مَقالًا.

aṣ-ṣaḥafiyy yaktub maqālan.

The journalist is writing an article.

B2noun

صَحَافَة

ṣaḥāfa

Example

تَلعَبُ الصَّحافَةُ دَورًا مُهِمًّا في المُجتَمَع.

talʿabu ṣ-ṣaḥāfatu dawran muhimman fī l-mujtamaʿ.

The press plays an important role in society.

B2noun

صَحَفِيّ

ṣaḥafiyy

Example

أَجرى الصَّحَفِيُّ مُقابَلَةً مَعَ الوَزير.

ajrā ṣ-ṣaḥafiyyu muqābalatan maʿa l-wazīr.

The journalist conducted an interview with the minister.

B1noun

صُحُفٌ

ṣuḥuf

Example

إِنَّ هَذَا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَى صُحُفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمُوسَى

inna hādhā lafī aṣ-ṣuḥufi al-ūlā ṣuḥufi Ibrāhīma wa-Mūsā

Indeed, this is in the former scriptures, the scriptures of Abraham and Moses (87:18-19)

Grammar

Plural of صَحِيفَةٌ (page/scroll). Refers to earlier divine scriptures. Related: مُصْحَفٌ (written copy of the Quran).

Culture

The Quran acknowledges earlier divine scriptures given to Abraham and Moses, affirming the continuity of God's message through history.